The latest Madonna movie vehicle has failed to deliver at the box office after bad reviews. The remake of 1974 film ‘Swept Away’ was called "Amateurish", a "debacle" and a "new career low for Madonna” by the New York Daily News, while the Washington Post said: "As awful as you've heard, and as bad as you've imagined.” Only 196 cinemas in the US decided to screen the movie on its opening weekend – the box office draw was less that $360,000 (number one film Red Dragon did $17.6 million of business). Though Madonna has been in near-flop movies before this is the first real failure for hubby Ritchie.
Oct 15, 2002
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Madonna movie fails to impress
Madonna's remake of Swept Away has been panned by critics and opened in only 196 US cinemas, taking under $360,000 at the box office.